belowstairs

belowstairs
1. adverb
A floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupies; downstairs.

it was talkd, that there was an old gentleman belowstairs whom they fancied to be Sr. Isaac Newton.

2. noun
a) The areas of a large house in which house staff works.
b) The staff that works in such areas.

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